BIRD NOTES

On Saturday, Aug. 16 my friend Tim Curnew and I made a trip to Cape Sable Island and to Baccaro.

On Aug. 11 there were still lots of shorebirds on the move at Crescent Beach.

The picture in the Aug. 6 paper is actually not of an arctic tern. I'll have to remove that species from my year list.

On my field trip on July 26 we were in the right place at the right time to get photos of an arctic tern perched on the wires in Mahone Bay.

Steven Shewchuk who lives in Rose Bay commented that he visited a friend’s place in Kingsburg and that she has two barns.

As I write, this it is hard to believe that the summer is almost over and that our resident breeders will be moving out in migration in a week or so.

Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to get out to do much birding recently. But one of those species that I am seeing frequently now, when I do get out is the northern flicker.

Sue Abbott released an update for June 2025 on piping plovers nesting on our beaches across Nova Scotia.

Dorothy Poole joined me on June 21 for my breeding bird survey, which runs from Jordan Falls through Shelburne and up into Welshtown.

On June 14 I managed to slip away for a brief bird outing.

I was privileged to both hear and see my first alder flycatcher for the year at Bell Cove Road in Dublin Shore on June 7.

I saw my first eastern wood pewee for the year on May 29, while I was on the Centennial Trail in Bridgewater.